Encyclopedia of American religions
By: J. Gordon Melton.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Gale Research
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1217
Subjects: Sects -- United States; Cults -- United States; Sects -- United States -- Directories; Cults -- United States -- Directories; United States -- Religion
Description: Companion to the 3 v. American religious creeds includes essay chapters and directory listings grouped by religious "families." Vol. 1(lx, 460 p.) covers, the "Western liturgical family" of Roman Catholic Church, Old Catholicism, Anglicanism, the Eastern liturgical family, Lutheran family, Reformed-Presbyterian family, Pietist-Methodist family, Holiness family,Pentecostal family, and European Free-church family. Vol. 2 (lx, 460 p.) covers the Baptist family, independent fundamentalist family, Adventist family, liberal family, Latter-day saints family, Communal family, Christian Science-metaphysical family, and Spiritualist, psychic, and New Age family. Vol. 3 (lx, 434 p.) includes the ancient Wisdom family, Magick family, Middle Eastern family (Judaism), Middle Eastern family (Islam, Zoroastrianism, Baha'i), and Eastern family (Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism) and Eastern family (Buddhism, Shintoism, Japanese new religions).
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
"ISSN 1066-1212."